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    Asus g73jh optical drive

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by ervins, Dec 25, 2011.

  1. ervins

    ervins Notebook Enthusiast

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    Optical drive (BR reader) of my ASUS g73jh first stopped wrigting disks and now can not read, I decided to swap to a new one, can tou tell me which models of drives are suitable for my g73jh?
     
    ervins, Dec 25, 2011
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  2. cdnrx1

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    ervins:

    I'm not an expert on this subject but, since no one has replied, I'll provide some information that I posted a while back on this subject.

    It came from this posting, http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...-anyone-recommend-me-blu-ray-drive-g73jh.html , if you want to see the whole thing, but here's the jist of it:

    "I put a Sony Optiarc BD-5730S in my G73jw. No firmware upgrade required. Provides read and write for all Blu-Ray, DVD and CD mediums, took less than 5 minutes to install and, so far, has worked great. Got it on eBay for about $100.00 but I had to wait and watch for about a month to get it at that price. Sorry, I don't remember who the vendor was. Good luck."

    Best regards
    Ross
     
    cdnrx1, Dec 26, 2011
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    Exsedol Notebook Consultant

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    I bought a BD-ROM drive on eBay for $90-100 that said it was for the G73JH. It works. However, logic tells me that just about any BD-ROM drive should work, because the drive input socket seems to be the same across all laptops.
     
    Exsedol, Dec 26, 2011
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  4. JehutyZeroshift

    JehutyZeroshift Notebook Evangelist

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    That happened to my G73JH's optical drive (dvd-combo) and what I did is I tried to clean the lens carefully with a microfiber moistened with and a lens cleaner (I used iKlear). This solved my optical drive problem.
     
    JehutyZeroshift, Dec 26, 2011
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    ervins Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks mate, simple, but still great idea, I think I'll try to solve my problem in the same way
     
    ervins, Dec 26, 2011
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    ervins Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright, thanks!
     
    ervins, Dec 26, 2011
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    How did it turn? I did that on my optical drive because I used a can of compressed-air on cleaning out my vents and I have forgotten to open the optical drive while doing it. So what happened is that my lens got some amount of dusts which is most probably the culprit why it sometimes read dvds/cds and sometimes don't.
     
    JehutyZeroshift, Dec 27, 2011
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    Unfortunateley it did not help, obviously i should swap it to the new one
     
    ervins, Dec 28, 2011
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  9. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    If the unit is still under warranty, we can replace the ODD.

    PM me your contact info and serial number if you are interested.

    Case: 1602489
     
    Chastity, Dec 29, 2011
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    Morecoffee Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine has crapped out as well. Any advice on how to clean the laser head? I guess it could be dust. Mine will read but will not write.

    Thanks
     
    Morecoffee, Dec 29, 2011
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    Simply use a microfiber cloth. you can also use lens cleaner if the cloth isn't enough.
     
    tijo, Dec 29, 2011
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    I see now, I did not realize the lenses were right there when it is in the load position. Thanks.
     
    Morecoffee, Dec 29, 2011
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